OSHA recordkeeping

OSHA citations serve as reminder to employers about recordkeeping and reporting obligations

December 9, 2020

OSHA’s recent enforcement activity serves as a reminder to employers across all industries of the obligation to record work-related COVID-19-related infections, hospitalizations and fatalities. An employer’s failure to comply with OSHA’s recordkeeping and reporting requirements could result in significant penalties.

The problem with the OSHA rate

Too often it is the only measure of safety performance

Dave Johnson

February 4, 2020

I have found that the companies that do not really ‘get’ safety and health measure their entire program on the OSHA rate (recordable injuries and illnesses). That is all they care about,” says a former OSHA official.

Navigating OSHA recordkeeping & reporting

A closer look

Mark Kozeal

December 4, 2019

As OSHA continues to update its 2016 rule on recording and reporting workplace injuries and illnesses, organizations should be aware of new policies that affect how they treat – and reward – safety in the workplace.

Reporting variables makes comparisons difficult

How relevant are injury rates?

Flavio Simon

November 2, 2019

It’s somewhat tricky to interpret the true relevance of any injury rate greater than zero without an accompanying context.

7 common recordkeeping mistakes — and how to fix them

Recordkeeping isn’t always simple

Lisa Neuberger

December 14, 2018

When you receive an employee injury report, your thoughts may range from, “How did it happen?” to “Well, there go my plans for the day.” After you make sure the employee is taken care of, you’ll need to investigate, determine what happened and how it could have been prevented, and figure out if the incident needs to be recorded on your OSHA 300 Log.

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OSHA recordkeeping often has little to do with reality

A better way of keeping score

Dave Johnson

September 6, 2018

Dan Petersen, one of the great thinkers in the history of occupational safety, in a 2005 book, “Measurement of Safety Performance,” tore apart the traditional barometers of safety performance, the OSHA total case incident rate, total lost-workday cases, fatalities and other measures.

OSHA injury and illness recordkeeping standard

Going public with your injury rates

Pros debate whether transparency helps or harms reputations

Dave Johnson

August 1, 2018

If you work in safety in a high-hazard industry, would you be worried if your company injury and illness data sat on OSHA’s website to be accessed by the public? Would you fear publicizing the data could damage your company’s reputation?

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Revisiting OSHA’s Electronic Recordkeeping Requirements

Clare A. Epstein

May 3, 2018

In May of 2016, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a final rule “Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses” to revise its recording and reporting occupational injuries and illnesses regulation.

The problem with the OSHA recordable rate

Dave Johnson

June 27, 2017

DEKRA a global consultancy that exhibited at Safety 2017, has gone on record stating the idea behind the OSHA recordable rate was a good one, but it is time to get more proactive in tracking safety performance. OSHA recordkeeping provided a level playing field for what would be classified as a medical treatment case or an injury for recording purposes, according to DEKRA. It has provided that consistency, not just in the U.S., but for companies worldwide.

VelocityEHS updates its industry-leading software to make EHS management even faster and easier

May 9, 2017

VelocityEHS, the leading cloud environment, health, safety (EHS) and sustainability software provider, today announced updates to its EHS management solution that further enhance its award-winning user experience. The recent updates, which center on metrics, reporting, language, OSHA Recordkeeping forms, and location tagging, deliver improved accountability, visibility and ease to the thousands of users who rely upon VelocityEHS to solve their complex business challenges in simple ways.